Mr. Choi Sang Soo, a prisoner of war from South Korea, and his son escaped to China in July 1999, but were arrested by agents from the National Security Agency on 18 September 1999. They were forcibly repatriated to North Korea and sent to the Hoiryeong National Security Agency, where they were subjected to severe physical abuse. They were later transferred to Camp No. 25.
Ms. Kim Hyeon Sun and her son, Kim Gyeong Il, were arrested by agents from the National Security Agency in January 2011 At the Tumen riverside while attempting to cross the border into China. They were sent to the NSA facilities for purposes of interrogation and transferred to Camp No. 25 in September 2011.
Ms. Park Sung Ok, who defected to China, was arrested with other defectors by the border garrison of the Chinese police and forcibly repatriated to North Korea in 2007. Later, she was sentenced to three years' imprisonment in Camp No. 25. The source reports that there was no official communication from the NSA to the families of Mr. Choi, Ms. Kim, and Ms. Park about their fates and whereabouts, and that they were not provided a legal basis for their detentions.
The WGAD found that the detention of Choi Sang Soo, Choi Seong II, Kim Hyeon Sun, Kim Gyeong II and Park Sung Ok is arbitrary and in violation of articles 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 18, 19 and 20 of the UDHR and articles 8, 9, 12 and 14, 18, 19 of the ICCPR and falls within categories I, II and III. The WGAD requested North Korea to immediately release them and accord them an enforceable right to compensation.